Fig 1.
Localization of the communities studied, São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB).
Santos Dumont city, Minas Gerais state/Brazil.
Fig 2.
São Sebastião da Boa Vista community.
A: View about a community; B: Church of São Sebastião da Boa Vista; C and D: Common style house in the community.
Fig 3.
A: View of the community; B: Church of São Bento; C and D: Common style house in the community.
Table 1.
Gender, age, and number of local specialists with knowledge of different plant use categories in São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB).
Table 2.
Plant uses by Quilombolas of São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB)–listing by categories adapted from Galeano [23].
Fig 4.
Aerial overview of the communities.
A: São Sebastião da Boa Vista; B: São Bento.
Table 3.
Scoring criteria used to determine conservation priority species.
Adapted from [18].
Table 4.
Two hundred and one native species cited as useful by the São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB) communities, in alphabetical order of botanical families, followed by vernacular name, species habit (Hab), use categories (Categ), plant part used, and voucher number.
Fig 5.
Comparison of plant parts collected, use category and habit of native species of ethnobotanical importance cited in the interviews with local experts in São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB).
Values represent percentages (%) of total species reported.
Table 5.
Comparison of ethnobotanical diversity indices compiled from studies of traditional communities in Brazil.
Table 6.
Native forest species cited as useful by the study communities (SSBV and SB), in alphabetical order of botanical species, followed by conservation priority, category, use-value, cultural significance index, risk category.
Fig 6.
Dalbergia hortensis Heringer & al.
(A) = Apical region with inflorescences, (B and E) = Detailed inflorescences, (C) = Detailed Stalk, (D) = detailed leaves.
Fig 7.
Successional stages of native forest trees in São Sebastião da Boa Vista (SSBV) and São Bento (SB).
Results are expressed in percentage (%).